Using the default cutoff, two structures with eRMSD of 0.7 or lower can be considered as significantly similar. A full description of the eRMSD can be found in \cite bott14
ERMSD is computed using the position of three atoms on the 6-membered ring of each involved nucleobase. The atoms should be:
- C2,C4,C6 for pyrimdines
- C2,C6,C4 for purines
The different order for purines and pyrimidines is fundamental and allows you to compute ERMSD between structures with different
sequences as well! Notice that the simplest way to avoid mistakes in choosing these atoms is to use the `@lcs-#` strings
as shown in the examples (see also \ref MOLINFO).
\warning Notice that the ERMSD implemented here is not integrated with the other metrics in plumed. As a consequence, it is not (yet) possible
to e.g. build path collective variables using ERMSD
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